Tuesday, May 28, 2024 · Brian Straight
Devadas Pattathil helped launch Walmart’s online grocery business. In his career, he has seen a lot of change in the supply chain, and now he is seeking to drive that change with his omnichannel tech firm Nextuple.
Monday, November 20, 2023 · Norman Katz
Detecting and reducing supply chain fraud can be done using artificial intelligence and the existing supply chain systems and the familiar transactions that they produce.
Friday, October 20, 2023 · Norman Katz
The supply chain predicaments that companies are still reeling from were not caused by the use of methodologies such as lean or just-in-time, but rather likely due to the abuse of these methodologies, compounded by the seemingly carefree attitude to outsource work.
Thursday, May 4, 2023 · Steven DeVoe, Marc Iampieri, and Erik Mattson
A control tower can transform supply change management, creating a digital supply chain that is faster, cheaper, and more resilient than the old one.
Thursday, September 22, 2022 · Serge Ratmiroff and Rich Sherman
Use digital capabilities to optimize agility, flexibility, and customer loyalty during rising inflation.
Monday, May 2, 2022 · Mark Trowbridge
Five ways to mitigate uncontrollable SCM risks.
Sunday, March 6, 2022 · Jing-Sheng Jeannette Song and William McCall
A scalable total-cost framework for sourcing decisions.
Monday, July 19, 2021 · Nimesh Modi
From container shortages, and massive backlogs at the ports, to the recent resurgence of Covid in southern China’s ports, the supply chain and drayage providers, in particular, have seen significant delays and critically tight carrier capacity as a result of subsequent…
Monday, November 18, 2019 · Kevin K. Y. Chu and Juan Martínez
Working with a retail pharmacy chain in an emerging market, we have developed an inventory management model to minimize total inventory-related costs for various forecast horizons.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 · Larry Lapide
“First do no harm” is an important tenet of medical doctors. While supply chain management is perhaps not as noble a profession as medicine, we do have a noble goal. Our goal (and real purpose in life) is to optimally match supply and demand over time. This is what…
Friday, October 15, 2010 · David Ecklund
Part 3 in our series on "Back to Basics - Managing The Basic Supply Chain Functions." Warehousing Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Supply Chain Process - Where Are We Now? What’s Next? This article will address “back to the basics” that are fundamental for…
